[G1 Android Development] nockam:
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I'm trying to stay positive here and work through this but its getting very frustrating.

I formatted my entire SD card as FAT32, then formatted a 400MB EXT2 partion at the end of the card.

I wiped my phone, then installed the latest JF 1.5 ADP release. I installed the app called "AppsToSD" figuring this would be "idiot proof" so there is no way i could screw it up....

So the SD card was formatted, phone was wiped, JF applied, had to setup the google account so data was synced, then i went straight to the market and downloaded the "appsToSD" app, checked the box to copy existing apps (even though the only one is appstosd), then clicked "Move apps to SD", Quit, then rebooted the phone. Once it booted back up i figured I was done. Checked my internal memory available which was about 50MB. I started downloading all my apps again and now im back to having about 15MB free on my phone.

Is there anyone that can help me get my apps to install to my SD card? I have tried two different SD cards as well. Either I am doing something completely wrong no matter which tutorial I follow, my phone is jacked up, or all the Lemmings i killed years ago on the PC have come back from the dead and are screwing with me.

I can hook my phone up to my PC and can easily share the desktop so someone can look at the phone and run commands against it first hand if anyone out there is willing to lend me a hand with this. I am desperate!

XDA thread history:

7th May 2009 04:40 PM

nockam Looks like apps to SD is never going to work for me....

I did manage to make sure both the app and app-private folders on the EXT2 and internal memory were completely empty. I ran through the procedure again and it appears to be placing the apps on the SD card now with new app installs but it also places them on the internal memory. I dont know if that is normal or not but i know my internal memory is decreasing each time i install an app and its not due to cached files in the browser, package installer or market. If anyone has any ideas please let me know, i would love to get this to work.

7th May 2009 09:21 AM

nockam so after doing a wipe i can now get into the main OS. However, if i run the script again exactly how i posted above this time it works without giving me the directory error. When i reboot though i get stuck on the "Android" screen again. With the debug enabled i see "Scanning app dir /data/app-private" immediately after it gives me several errors "failure starting up core service" "Java.lang.nullpointerexception".

I dont understand why it is trying to look at /data.app-private doesnt the script i ran delete it? a few lines higher up it shows "skipping dir: /data/app/sd"

Can anyone help tell me what I am doing wrong with this?

7th May 2009 08:45 AM

nockam the wipe got me back into the phone.... now im trying to see if things are going to the SD card or not. I have about 50MB free right now with no apps installed.

7th May 2009 08:40 AM

nockam Nope, i dont have that app installed. I just did a wipe of the phone (ALT+W) ill see if that helps at all.

7th May 2009 08:36 AM

bsander Did you have the app "Contact Owner" installed? I had the same problem and from what I read it may have been caused by that app. If that's the case there's nothing short of a wipe that fixes it, I'm sorry.

7th May 2009 08:04 AM

nockam Infinite reboot loop after apps to sd

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I decided to try my hand at putting apps on the SD card for the first time. I have Kaykuro's latest apps2sd 1.5 version. I partitioned by 8GB SD card with a 300MB EXT2 system and the rest FAT32. I followed the instructions on his wiki and i am now in an infinite loop when it is booting. I did make a full nandroid backup before doing this. Can anyone help me find out what i did wrong and how to get it back up and running? Below are all of the commands I gave it.

C:\Documents and Settings\Garrett>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT848GZ29009 device

C:\Documents and Settings\Garrett>adb remount

remount succeeded

C:\Documents and Settings\Garrett>adb shell

# df

df

/dev: 49352K total, 0K used, 49352K available (block size 4096)

/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)

/system: 69120K total, 65840K used, 3280K available (block size 4096)

/data: 76544K total, 55520K used, 21024K available (block size 4096)

/cache: 69120K total, 3924K used, 65196K available (block size 4096)

/system/sd: 294413K total, 13384K used, 281029K available (block size 1024)

/sdcard: 7463596K total, 187680K used, 7275916K available (block size 4096)

# cp -a /data/app /system/sd

cp -a /data/app /system/sd

cp: cannot remove '/system/sd/app': Is a directory

# rm -r /data/app

rm -r /data/app

# rm -r /data/app-private

rm -r /data/app-private

# ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app

ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app

# ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private

ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private

# reboot

reboot